I has a thunk

[dreamer_easy]

Writing well about cultures not one's own generally requires a lot of homework. A professional writer, or hopeful professional, may be able to invest the necessary time and effort. But is this a stumbling block for fan fiction? Some fanfic writers lavish care on their work, but on the whole, fanfic is written fairly rapidly and without immense effort (gods know mine is). Mind you, plenty of hopeful writers don't want to spend the time and effort either, and plenty of professionals try and fall on their faces; I just wondered if fanfic might be particularly susceptible to dodgy characterisations of the Other because of its comparatively quick-and-dirty nature.

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[subsequent]

Her writing journal is tricolora, which has the link to each series in the profile. (Only from 2 upwards is on her LJ). It takes a little to get into it, but a word to the wise - it takes a rather dark turn in number 2. Nethertheless, it is brilliant. Here's the summary:

Tricolora deals largely with the American-ness of the franchise, as well as the conflicts of extraterrestrials living in America today with a species very alien to them. Also: the fact that robots are awesome. All fictive things posted here follow the first movie and happily disregard any sequels.

The three colors have become iconic for several powerful countries on this planet, including the United States of America. The colors have different meaning for each country, in America for example, the white signifies Purity and Innocence, Red, Hardiness and Valor, and Blue signifies Vigilance, Perseverance and Justice. For France, a country with sometimes tenuous relations with the Autobots' new "home" country, the three colors have more direct meanings:
White: Égalité, Paritas, Equality. Blue: Liberté, Libertas, Freedom. Red: Fraternité, Fraternitas, Brotherhood. Series is currently a WIP with three main parts.

I feel like re-reading it now, heh. Thanks! Will do. :)